Package-tie.



D. J. CONNELL.

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APPLICATION FILED IAN. 22, I9I6 WITNESSES IN VEN T 0R y lDj'rul'.COrmel? UME-D STATESPASFENT OFFICE DAN"`J.'coNNnLL, onBUTTE, MONTANAJ- f PACKAGE-TIE. l

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Aug, 14:, 1917- Applicatonrled January 22, 1916. Serial No. 73,616. n

being pulled through the 1101@ 13a. The incllnation of the member 13 permits of the V iently and economically employed in the tying of packages of letters in post offices, the particular objects of the invention being to provide means whereby the cord may be instantly tightened about the package and securely fastened and whereby economy in the use of the cord will be promoted. l

The invention will be particularly explained in the specic description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Y Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention showing the same in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tie or fastener without the cord;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tie and the cord, the latter beingl partly broken away; Fig. 4i is a plan view of the tie;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section of the tie; j

Fig. 6, an end view of the tie.

Fig. 7 is a side view of a modified form of the tie; and Y Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 8-8, Fig. 7. p

In carrying out my invention in practice, a piece of cord 10 is provided of a proper length to extend about the package one or more times in opposite directions'as is customary and the said cord is provided with enlargements 11, preferably tapered toward one end so as to present a shoulder at the enlarged end.

My improved tie is preferably made from a strip of sheet metal and presents a flat body or base 12 adapted to lie on the face ofthe package A. The said strip is formed with a transverse hole 13a in an upwardly inclined portion 13 at one end of the base 12, through which hole the cord 10V is passed and knotted as at 14 or otherwise held from cord 10 departing from the holelt1 in such a direction as to minimize the tendency to tilt the tie. The strip is turned over above the base 12 to cover the knot 14, the strip being returned from the upper end of the incline 13 approximately parallel with the base 12 as at 15 and then bent downwardly as at 16 to a contact with said base. The describedformation not only covers theknot but forms a substantial grip or holding member for manipulating the device.

At the end of the base 12 opposite that at which the cord is permanentlyffastened, I

provide a head designated generally by the numeral 17, of such a character that the tie string may be eectively tightened and then made fast. The said head rises from the base 12 and at its top is fianged over at 18. The head 17 presents a rounded surface at the back thereof extending from one. side toward the opposite side, the said surface at one side of the head being in the form of a vertically concaved depression 17a, as best seen in Fig. 6. At the back of the head and toward the opposite side from the depression 17a isa rounded surface with which the string is made to have running engagement. The head 17 in the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 presents upper and lower depressions 19, 20 that merge into; and depart from the depression 17 a. v Below the concaved depression 19 at one side of the head 17, the said head is formed with a slot 21 so that the depression'19 therefore extends about the head 17 a distance beyond the lower depression 20, said lower depression terminating at the inner end of the slot 21. The slotting of the head produces a forward extension 22 of the base 12 at one side of the head so that the head overhangs above the said forwardly extending member 22. The slot 21 is adapted to receive one of the enlarged members 11 or equivalent formations on the cord. It is to be observed that the slot 21 is at the front of the head, and the cord is adapted to be entered laterallyy therein after being drawn about the rounded back surface of the head.

In tying a package by means of my improved tie the cord 10, carrying the tie at one end thereof, is passed one or more times in opposite directions about the package and the free end of the cord is then bent about the rounded back of the head 17 to have running engagement therewith, the overhanging iange 18 preventing the cord from slipping from the said head. By exerting a pull on the free end of the cord, while having running engagement with the head, the cord is effectively tightened on the package, a sufri- Cient pull being exerted to bring one of the enlargements 11 of the cord adjacent to the slot 21, the package being compressed for this purpose. When the enlargement 11 that is to be engaged with the head 17 has passed beyond the slot 21, the cord is snapped downwardly into the slot 21, to dispose the enlargement 11 of the cord in front of the head 17 which thus holds the cord against retrograde movement as seen in Fig. 1. A snapping of the cord out of the slot 21 serves to instantly undo the package so that great economy of time results in the tying and untying of the packages of letters, in addition to the saving of cord.

In the form shown in Figs, 7 and 8, the base 12a is the same as in the 'form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 except that at the front it has a single, central, forward extension 22a. The head includes a top member 18'r1 and a neck or block 19a, elevating said top 18a above the base 12a. The top member18au projects at the rear'beyond the neck 19a, thereby forming, in effect, a depression 20a, at the rounded back of the head between the base 12a and the top 18a. At the front the top 18a has a central forward extension 18h, above and parallel with the extension 22a of the base,

thereby producing a transverse slot or Vrecess 17" at the front of the head corresponding with the slot 2l into which the cord maybe sprungfrom either side of the head to lie transversely disposed in said slot, after being run about the rounded back of the head.

In b oth forms of the invention, the device presents a. front transverse recess, a tightening and fastening head rounded at the back for running engagement of the cord, and the cord being first passed aroundy the back of the head in the rounding depression thereof and then disposed transversely in the front depression or recess to effect engagement with an enlargement 11 of the cord.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A package tie having means to secure one end of a tie string thereto, and a base,

an upstanding head on the base, about which head the free end of the string is adapted to ',be bent, the said head at the front having upper and lower members forming a slot into which the tightened string may be snapped and be disposed transversely of the head, and said head having a back surface rounded transversely from one side to the other and to said slot about which surface the string may be drawn and over which the string may run in tightening the string when bent about the head, said slot being in the same horizontal plane with the transversely rounded back of the head.

2. A package tie including a base having means at the rear end to fasten one end of a tie string thereto, and a head rising fromthe base in front of said means, said head presenting an upstanding neck having a` concave transversely rounded portion extending from one side of the head toward the other, about which surface the string `may be bent and over which said string may be drawn in tightening the string, the said base and head at the front having respectively lower and upper members at the front of the head, and spaced to presenta slot in the same horizontal plane with the said transversely rounded depression into which slot the string may be snapped after being tightened.

8. A package tie consisting of a base having means to secure thereto one end of a tie string, a head on said base at the front, said head having a member overhanging thevbase at the back, and upper and lower gripping members projecting respectively from the base and from the said head at the front and forming a transverse slot into which the string may be snapped, the said head presenting a transversely rounded surface at the back part thereof adjacent to the base, about which rounded back part the string may be drawn in tightening the string before entering it into the slot, the said slot being in the same plane with the said rounded back part of therhead.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAN J. CONNELL.

Witnesses L. M. HARLEY, L. M. SCHOTT.

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